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Oct 04, 2024
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2024-2025 Westminster College Catalog
Professional Writing Micro-credential
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The micro-credential in Professional Writing prepares students for careers and graduate school by providing opportunities for analyzing, practicing, and improving writing in genres including news and media platforms; professional correspondence, grants, and business proposals; and personal essays and podcasts. Students gain hands-on experience through a practicum, and they produce a portfolio of writing samples for use in job or graduate school applications.
Learning Outcomes
Students completing a micro-credential in Professional Writing will:
- analyze rhetorical situations in professional writing across multiple workplace genres
- adapt format, style, and tone for a variety of audiences
- apply rules of grammar, punctuation, style, and organization to improve written work
- integrate research effectively
- produce a portfolio of professional writing samples across workplace genres
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14 semester hours, comprising:
Plus, two of the following:
Plus, two semester hours from the following:
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